Another gem that visited Long Beach.

 

World's first electronic flight simulator.


This simulator and the original Link Trainer are displayed at the Combat Air Museum, Topeka, KS.

 

Here is correct link for the Combat Air Museum, Topeka, KS. https://www.combatairmuseum.org/

 

 

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According to the website about him, Richard Dehmel, Ph.D. (1904-1992) Curtiss-Wright Corp., Caldwell, inventor of the Dehmel Flight Trainer/Simulator, was granted U.S. patent No. 2,494,508 for “Means for Aircraft Flight Training” on Jan. 10, 1950. The invention was the first to solve the equations of flight and have the controls and instruments of the trainer respond as an accurate equivalent of a real a"]https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.crossfireforum.org-vbulletin/480x360/curtisstrainer03_4e1bab9f404d75dfdbf4b707e0b69a167 36faf2a.jpg[/img]

 

Additional aviation links: https://www.combatairmuseum.org/links.html

 

Carlstadt is only about 12 miles from where I live.
Here's another aviation museum at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey.
New Jersey Aviation Hall Of Fame

 

A beautiful J-3 Cub

 

Leaving on a Jet Plane

 

North American Aviation P-51 Mustang

 

Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington's F4U1-D Corsair. VMF 214 "Black Sheep Squadron", U.S. Marine Corps.

Lieutenant Commander Ira "Ike" Kepford's F4U1-D Corsair. "Jolly Rogers", U.S. Navy


My favorite WW II fighter plane, the Chance - Vaught F4U1-D Corsair.

 

B-17G "Nine-O-Nine"

 

 

 

The "Christmas Tree" (low visibility approach lights)

 

The "Meatball". Aircraft carrier landing lights.

 

PBY Catalina (Corsair in background)

 

Dash 8 (Over Atlanta)

 

In the US there was a bunch of regional airlines flying King Airs, SAABs, and the De Havilland Canada Dash 8s. About in the mid 2000s they were retired out in favor for the reginal jets. The reasons being, too loud for customers, some bad winter time accidents, and aging out. Interesting one of the reasons US airspace getting crowded, regional jets can fly with the big boys making routing easier.

 

Yes, regional jets can contribute to airspace congestion by increasing the number of flights at airports. and a greater number of flights at higher altitudes as they replace propeller aircraft. Regional jets, which fly at higher altitudes, concentrates air traffic in the higher-altitude airspace, leading to greater congestion. Whether an aircraft carries 30 or 300 it requires the same amount of airspace and operational parameters.